Negative active material, method for preparing same, negative electrode composition, negative electrode comprising same for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery comprising negative electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025379223-A1
Application number	US-202318874069-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2023
Priority date	Aug 31, 2022
Publication date	Dec 11, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A negative electrode active material, a method for preparing the same, a negative electrode composition and a negative electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode are provided. The negative electrode active material comprises a silicon-based active material; and a carbon coating layer covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the silicon-based active material, the carbon coating layer comprising carbon having a Raman peak intensity ratio ID/IG of 0.1 to 1.2, the silicon-based active material including Si and optionally SiOx (0<x<2), and Si being comprised in an amount of 70 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A negative electrode active material comprising:
a silicon-based active material; and a carbon coating layer covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the silicon-based active material, wherein the carbon coating layer comprises carbon having a Raman peak intensity ratio ID/IG of 0.1 to 1.2 where ID is a peak intensity of D-band for a degree of disorder and IG is a peak intensity of G-band for a degree of structural order in a Raman spectrum, and the silicon-based active material includes Si and optionally SiOx (0<x<2), and Si is comprised in an amount of 70 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material.

2 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon coating layer has a thickness of 1 nm or more and 10 μm or less.

3 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material has a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less.

4 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material has an average particle diameter (D50) of 3 μm to 10 μm.

5 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon coating layer has an electric conductivity of 100 mS/m or more and 1,000 mS/m or less.

6 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein an arrangement area of the carbon coating layer is 90% or more based on the outer surface of the silicon-based active material.

7 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon coating layer comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of crystalline silicon; and amorphous silicon.

8 . A method for preparing the negative electrode active material, the method comprising:
depositing a silicon-based active material onto a substrate by chemically reacting silane gas; obtaining the silicon-based active material deposited onto the substrate; and forming a carbon coating layer on at least a portion of the outer surface of the silicon-based active material.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the silane gas comprises one or more gases selected from monosilane, dichlorosilane, and trichlorosilane.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the depositing of the silicon-based active material onto the substrate by chemically reacting the silane gas is performed at a temperature of 100° C. or more.

11 . A negative electrode composition comprising:
the negative electrode active material according to claim 1 ; a negative electrode conductive material; and a negative electrode binder.

12 . The negative electrode composition of claim 11 , wherein the negative electrode composition comprises the negative electrode active material in an amount of 60 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode composition.

13 . The negative electrode composition of claim 11 , wherein the negative electrode conductive material comprises a planar conductive material and a linear conductive material.

14 . A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
a negative electrode current collector layer; and a negative electrode active material layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode current collector layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises the negative electrode composition according to claim 11 or a cured product thereof.

15 . The negative electrode of claim 14 , wherein the negative electrode current collector layer has a thickness of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less, and
the negative electrode active material layer has a thickness of 20 μm or more and 500 μm or less.

16 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode; the negative electrode according to claim 14 ; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte.

17 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon coating layer comprises carbon having a Raman peak intensity ratio ID/IG of 0.42 to 1.2.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dohyeun
• Kim Donghyuk
• Lee Yong Ju
• Jun Hyunmin

Classifications

• H01M4/1395

  of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/483

  for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/62

  Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers · CPC title

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title